Out of the cave, King Miao has already sent someone to wait at the entrance of the cave.

The guards led the three of them to another peak in Phoenix Mountain. On the mountainside sits a magnificent manor, guarded by many Miao warriors, not at all like the cave of the Witch Temple, and there are few people.

People come and go in the villa, and after careful questioning, I know that the people belonging to the four major Miao who come to Phoenix Mountain to worship or ask for help, if they are not willing to live in some courtyards of the main peak, can come to live in this manor of King Miao.

But there is something to do as much work as they can, and this estate provides them with basic food and lodging. The three of them were directly arranged by King Miao's guards in a bamboo building close to King Miao's residence.

The mountain resort covers an extremely large area, enclosing almost the entire mountainside, and there are many Miao people living here. There is also a tea garden not far from the villa, and the Miao people who live here can stay permanently as long as they take one day every three days to help in the tea garden.

The three of them were guests of King Miao, so naturally they did not need to go to the tea garden to participate in labor.

Because the tea produced in Phoenix Mountain is very popular in the Han area, a large number of Han people come to purchase it every year, and some of the best products are listed as tribute, which is more cost-effective than planting food crops.

Therefore, many Miao tribes in the vicinity only grow some essential food crops, and the rest mainly grow tea trees or operate tea plantations in Phoenix Mountain. He then used the income from the sale of tea to buy grain from the Han people, so he was relatively wealthy.

King Miao and the owner of the nearby tea plantation gave the Witch Temple a very rich supply, so that the Witch Temple could concentrate on studying witchcraft sacrifices and praying for blessings, and the people of the Witch Temple could have enough food and clothing without any labor. All you need to do is regularly send shamans to the nearby villages to help people heal their illnesses and pray for good fortune and disasters.

The general Miao tribe does not have a special doctor, and it is often the tribal shaman, so the shaman must also serve as a doctor.

Therefore, the role of the witch temple is not only to train the wizards of each tribe, but also to train the doctors of the tribes, that is, the witch doctors.

They are the alternate wizards of the various tribes, and then they are sent to the witch temple to become witch doctors after a year of study.

This witch doctor is often an auxiliary wizard or a low-level wizard of the tribe, so every tribal wizard must start as a witch doctor, and only after gaining the approval of the people in the village will he be further promoted to be a priest and come to the witch temple to learn advanced witchcraft.

Generally, larger villages will have special priests and witch doctors, and will regularly send people to the witch temple for special study. There was not more than one priest in these tribes, and the chief priest was revered as the high priest.

The high priest of the four great toasts is called the master of the priests and is respected by everyone as the high priest.

And Uan is a high priest. (Witch Doctor→ Wizard →High Priest →High Priest) After the guards left, under Hu Yiyi's Jianyi, the three of them went to the nearby tea plantation for a walk and sightseeing.

The scale of the tea plantation here continues to be huge, and then there are many wild tea trees, which are constantly planted artificially, and the scale of the tea garden continues to expand, and all kinds of tea trees are planted in different heights, and a large number of people are needed every year to come to trim the tea trees, collect new tea, and finally classify the collected tea leaves, and send them to Phoenix City after preliminary frying. After further processing, it is made into a variety of tea cakes and tea bricks that are easy to preserve, and resold to all parts of the country.

Now the time for collecting tea is over, but a large number of people need to prune the tea trees one by one, so that the better tea can be harvested next spring.

The three of them looked at the seedlings who were trimming the tea trees everywhere, and walked along the mountain road, and the scenery was infinitely good.

There are constantly people leading cattle to transport all kinds of things, and I heard Hu Yiyi say that these are all preparing for the annual Phoenix Mountain sacrifice ceremony.

The festival is held every year in August during the Mid-Autumn Festival, just one month after the Witch Meeting. Many tribal believers and some tribal leaders and toasts will come to Phoenix Mountain to participate in the sacrifice ceremony, and the most important thing is that this sacrifice ceremony is not to sacrifice ancestors, nor to sacrifice gods, but to sacrifice the tea plantations on Phoenix Mountain.

This surprised Xiao Yao a little. Then I listened to Hu Yiyi explain the customs and customs here in detail.

We Miao people feel that these tea gardens are a gift from God, and the income of the tea gardens in Phoenix Mountain greatly makes up for the lack of food in our Miao Xinjiang area, and we can buy a large amount of rice through the income of Guò tea.

Therefore, this sacrificial ceremony is not so much a sacrificial ceremony, but an annual tea brick trading ceremony.

The first part of the ceremony will be held by the Wu God Temple on Phoenix Mountain, and the remaining ten days will be spent by King Miao to summon the toast to organize tea trading in Phoenix City.

While the three of them were wandering around the ancient tea garden, Hu Yiyi went to some tea trees to collect some tender green shoots, washed them with water, and chewed them slowly in their mouths, wafting out a faint fragrance of tea.

Sure enough, it is a better tea tree, and the tea leaves in August can still be so fragrant, the eldest lady and Hu Yiyi began to look for more delicate tea leaves in the tea garden, and then each collected a full section of bamboo tubes before returning to the bamboo building.

The three of them brewed a pot of tea, and the whole room was filled with the intoxicating aroma of tea.

The three of them chatted while sipping tea, and talked about what Xiao Yao saw and heard in the beast's den again. And when Xiao Yao tentatively asked about the large monitor lizard he encountered at the end, Hu Yiyi said that he didn't know anything about this lizard that was not a divine beast, and Xiao Yao couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but it was not good for him to ask King Miao directly.

The three of them rested in the bamboo building for an afternoon, and in the evening King Miao sent someone to invite.

After listening to what the guards said, I realized that this was a reception dinner specially held by King Miao to thank Xiao Yao, and specially invited Master Wu'an and General Panli to come.

Xiao Yao heard that these two people would also attend the dinner, so he readily agreed. The three of them followed the guards to King Miao's main hall.

This place is obviously much more luxurious than the bamboo tower in the Witch Temple, and there are many Miao girls as attendants. As soon as Xiao Yao entered the main hall, he saw Wu'an and Panli, who were already in the main hall, and Peng Shan, the son of Peng's Tusi Mansion.

King Miao motioned for the three of them to sit down, and the waiter immediately led the three of them to sit down at a table next to King Miao, and on the opposite side was Peng Shan's position.

"Tonight's dinner is specially to thank Xiao Gongzi for going deep into the beast's lair, successfully feeding the elixir to the divine beast, removing the Gu poison, and exempting me from a huge hidden danger in Miao Jiang. This king first toasts Xiao Gongzi with a cup. On behalf of the people of Miaojiang and Limin, I would like to thank Xiao Gongzi for his great kindness. Xiao Gongzi is my benefactor in Miao Jiang. ”

After speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand and toasted to Xiao Yao.

At this time, King Miao was obviously very happy, and the wrinkles on his face were full of smiles.

"Thank you Miao Wang, Xiao is ashamed. This time, he fulfilled his mission and successfully returned, thanks to the help of Master Wu'an and General Panli. There are no two of them, but I am afraid that Xiao has already died in the beast's den. Xiao Yao got up and drank the wine glass, and then bowed in the direction of Wu'an and Panli.

"This time, it was all thanks to Xiao Gongzi's courage and wit that he was able to successfully relieve the trouble, and I and General Panli only helped Xiao Gongzi find the beast's den, and it didn't help much. Wu gave Xiao Gongzi a cup. ”

After speaking, Wu An also raised his wine glass to Xiao Yao.

"The master is too humble, and the kid respects the master." Xiao Yao raised his wine glass again and drank it all.

"It seems that Xiao Gongzi is not only superb in martial arts, but also very good at drinking, haha, I also toast Xiao Gongzi with a glass, thank Xiao Gongzi for relieving my Miao Jiang of future troubles."

Immediately afterwards, Pan Li also got up to toast Xiao Yao.

"Thank you General Panli, Xiao is also very grateful for the help of the general, especially to be able to fight side by side with the general in the beast's den, Sansheng is lucky." Xiao Yao picked up the wine glass, smiled lightly, and looked at Pan Li.

This panli no longer answered Xiao Yao's words, his face was slightly red, I don't know if he drank too much, or if he was not drunk, everyone was drunk.

said, "Xiao Gongzi is strong in martial arts, but Master Wu'an and I can only lead the way for Xiao Gongzi, and I didn't help a lot, I'm ashamed, I'll do it first as a respect." ”

After speaking, he raised his glass and drank it all.

Xiao Yao also chuckled, raised his head and drank it all, and sat down slowly.

There is obviously a problem with this panli and Wu'an.

They don't want to talk to themselves about the things in the den, there must be a secret to them.

If what the Right Witch God said was true, Wu'an and Panli had already died in the beast's den.

Then, this Wu'an and Panli are pretended by others! The two had no idea what was going on in the den.

This explains why the two of them always avoid talking about what happened in the den.

It's just that at this time, I have no evidence to rashly point out their fake identities, and I don't know who they are instructed by, and rashly saying it will only cause more trouble for myself.

Just as Xiao Yao was thinking, Peng Shan, who was sitting opposite, also stood up.

"Xiao Wang admires Xiao Gongzi's martial arts and courage very much, and he also heard Han Ming Zhenren say that Xiao Gongzi has reached the realm of gathering qi into a sword, Xiao Wang is even more admired and yearning, and he wants to see it very much, I wonder if Xiao Gongzi can let Xiao Wang open his eyes?"

Na Peng Shan looked at Xiao Yao and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xiao Yao was sure in his heart, it seemed that Han Ming and the others had also left the beast's den safely and did not touch the monitor lizard.

It's just that I don't know what they entered the beast's den for, and they also told their realm to this Peng Mountain. What does this Pengshan mean at this time?

Fortunately, the right witch god and his party are all dead, otherwise the matter of stealing the token of Peng Wangfu will be exposed.

Xiao Yao also had a shallow smile on his face, and looked at Peng Shan and said, "The little prince has won the award, Xiao is just a reckless man, how can he be noisy at King Miao's dinner, not to mention that the sword qi is invisible, Xiao is not proficient in control, for fear of hurting people, it will not be good." ”

Xiao Yao excused himself and looked at King Miao.

King Miao and Peng's Tusi secretly discord This is something that Xiao Yao has already seen, Xiao Yao belongs to King Miao's faction on the surface, so it is necessary to always pay attention to maintaining the same position with King Miao, even if it is a show.

And now he still has to ask King Miao, so he can't be led by the nose by this Pengshan everything.

King Miao was full of praise for Xiao Yao's eyes, and raised his wine glass at the right time, but said slowly, "Xiao Gongzi is a friend of the Poisonous Dragon Sect Situ Protector, a friend of my Miao Jiang, and his own honored guest. Peng Xian's nephew is right, this king also wants to see Xiao Gongzi's superb swordsmanship, haha~"

Hearing this, Xiao Yao despised King Miao in his heart, this old fox, hum. It's a two-pronged plan.

On the surface, he not only echoed Peng Shan, but also did not offend Peng Wangfu, and he could use himself to deter the other three major toasts.

King Miao's words couldn't be more obvious, emphasizing that Xiao Yao and the Poison Dragon Sect were both on their side, and at this moment they wanted to use Xiao Yao to show their swordsmanship to insinuate the strength of their camp.

Xiao Yao didn't want to excuse himself, after all, he still had to ask for this old fox, so he slowly gathered his true qi at his fingertips.